.. the man sat there like a stump
till we grew tired watching, and returned to camp....
Each day he spent most of the day, immobile, like that....
"Say Razorre," the Master continued, after a thoughtful pause, "you know
you nuts are teaching me a lot of things....
"The trouble with the educated, regular folks is that they lose so much
by drawing the line ... often everything that is spontaneous and
fine.... This thing called God, you know, draws the line nowhere....
"If 'Crazy' Speedwell fell heir to a large sum of money, his relatives
could find a commission of physicians anywhere, who would honestly have
him into custody for lunacy ... yet, in some respects, he is the wisest
and kindest man I have ever known ... though, in others, he is often
such a fool as to try my patience very hard, at times."
* * * * *
Most of us who had arrived at "The Studios" from "foreign" parts, slept
in the common dormitory.
We held frequent "roughhouses" there, the younger of us ... to the
annoyance of Speedwell. Spalton finally gave him permission to sleep and
live, alone, in the shed where the fire-truck and hose was stored....
One night, for malicious fun, a beak-nosed young prize-fighter, and
several others (including myself) sneaked into his abode while he slept
... thoughtlessly we turned the gas on and tiptoed out again.
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